Five years in jail for man who stabbed housemate in heart

A man who fatally stabbed his housemate in the heart when they rowed about food during a drinking binge was jailed for five years.

Deivydas Zigelis, a 39-year-old Lithuanian, was found not guilty of murder but guilty of manslaughter of Alexander Karpovs, aged 26, by a jury in June this year.

Mr Karpovs, who was originally from Latvia, died of a single stab wound to the heart at his home on Spa Street in Portarlington on February 15, 2014.